PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
The Excessive Courtroom of Karnataka has stayed the proceedings towards producer-distributor Prashanth Sambargi in a criticism lodged by actress Sruthi Hariharan. The case is an offshoot of the ‘Me Too’ allegations made by the actress towards actor Arjun Sarja.
Sruthi Hariharan had accused Arjun Sarja of sexual misconduct throughout the taking pictures of the movie Vismaya. On October 25, 2018, the Karnataka Movie Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) had referred to as each for mediation between the 2 underneath the aegis of veteran actor Ambareesh.
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Throughout the assembly, Sarja’s aide Sambargi was additionally current and Sruthi Hariharan accused him of creating statements to the media towards her, intruding her privateness and indulging in character assassination. Sambargi had alleged that the ‘Me Too’ marketing campaign towards Arjun Sarja was funded by cash from New York.
The actress had complained towards Sambargi the identical day within the Excessive Grounds Police Station and the case is pending earlier than the VIII Further Chief Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Courtroom, Bengaluru. Sambargi filed a petition earlier than the HC difficult this case. Sambargi was charged underneath Part 506 (prison intimidation) and Part 509 (damage the modesty of girl) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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After listening to the petition, Justice Ok Natarajan stayed additional proceedings within the case towards Sambargi. Sambargi has sought quashing of the criticism. The HC will hear this petition once more on February 1, 2023. In an earlier listening to of the petition, the HC had famous, “The petitioner (Sambargi) and respondent (Sruthi Hariharan) are mentioned to be from movie business and there was assembly at Movie Chamber and there was some derogatory statements made by the petitioner.”
Final November, the police filed a B-report within the sexual misconduct case filed by Sruthi Hariharan towards Arjun Sarja. Sruthi didn’t file a protest memo towards this closure report and subsequently the jurisdictional court docket accepted the police report in January this yr thus ending the case. The police had didn’t safe any proof on the allegations made by Sruthi Hariharan within the ‘Me Too’ criticism.